Irrigation and water security: The role of economic instruments and governance

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 112, Issue , 2008, Pages 35-42

  De Loe R C ^a   Bjornlund, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic instruments; Irrigation; Water governance; Water security

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IRRIGATION; MODERNIZATION; SECURITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 58849138366     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/SI080041     Document Type: Article

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